Not much can be done now, there was a limited time frame after the Geneva agreement for Kiev to take a range of initiatives and engage with the moderate leadership of the  Russian speaking communities to forge the elements of a reconciliation, it did not happen and both side hardliners get a free ride as a result, the new round of sanctions feeding  Kiev's hardliners with a false sense of western powers backing impunity while on the other side it is feeding the feeling there can't be a compromise and a prosperous future for the Russian speaking communities within a true independent Ukraine.  The murder attempt of Kharkiv Mayor an opponent to Kiev acting authorities will empower even more self proclaimed Russia's interests crowds that have failed to understand so far the diaspora soft power...